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Detroit Red Wings at Montreal Canadiens NHL Predictions

2025-04-08 • Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens 4 - 1 Detroit Red Wings

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
MTL: 57.3%
DET: 42.7%
Expected Goals
MTL: 3.19
DET: 3.00
Total Goals
Median: 6.0
Over 5.5: 60%
Over 6.5: 41%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

MTL
Jakub Dobes - 18-5-4 | 0.892 SV% | 2.96 GAA
DET
John Gibson - 22-12-2 | 0.904 SV% | 2.62 GAA
StatMTLDET
Season SV%0.8890.893
Last 5 SV%0.9030.887
SV% vs Opponent0.9680.875
GAA3.012.97
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 40% • MTL at home vs DET: 2-3
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-01-10MTL 0 - 4 DETDETMTL
2025-10-09DET 1 - 5 MTLMTLDET
2025-04-08MTL 4 - 1 DETMTLMTL
2025-01-23DET 4 - 2 MTLDETDET
2024-12-21MTL 5 - 1 DETMTLMTL

⚡ In-Game Win Probability

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 0:00 20:00 40:00 60:00 In-Game Win Probability Home Win Probability Game Time (minutes)

Goals

PeriodTimeTeamScorer
109:54DETGoal
216:29MTLGoal
310:48MTLGoal
318:54MTLGoal
319:07MTLGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 57.3%
Total Goals
Actual: 5.0
Expected: 6.2
Score Breakdown
Montreal Canadiens 4 - 1 Detroit Red Wings
Expected: 3.2 - 3.0